> 1. Gaming/overclocking not a priority at all. A $20 graphic card or > onboard graphics should do fine.
Given the above, a remote desktop setup may be an option to consider to work around your mouse requirements, although this add hardware to the setup. Daniel > > 2. Stability & performance are most important. > > 3. MUST be *certain* that it is possible to disable UEFI secure boot > on the mobo, to hence run any Linux distro without any secure boot hassles. > > 4. Want to be able to install at least 64G of RAM on the mobo, to be > able to run a big ramdisk for very fast I/O when repeatedly & > concurrently building (fast rebuild times) & testing database > intensive applications - all on ramdisk. > > 5. 4 core CPU would be ideal (singlethreaded performance is > important, so don't want to spread CPU grunt across too many cores, > but a degree of application concurrency is important too for > concurrent building/running applications in the background). > > 6. Want Intel (not AMD) based, probably i7 & proably Ivy Bridge. > > 7. Either a PS/2 mouse port or 9 Serial port is essential (for the > special mouse I use) - either onboard or via a PCI/e expansion board are ok. > > 8. Boot drive will be an SSD (probably 256G Crucial m4 or Samsung 840 > Pro), backup drive probably a 1TB non raided WD RE4. > > 9. Want a fast CPU, but not willing to pay sqillions for the absolute > fastest - maybe an i7-3770K ? > > 10. Don't use wireless, so wifi features on the mobo are unimportant. > At least 1 GBE Lan port is necessary. > > > Cost is not the main criteria .. but I don't want to waste it either. > A budget of 1500 would be good if it could get me what I want but can > spend more if need be. > > Probably looking at running 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04.x (Gnome) or Kubuntu > 12.04.x (KDE) as the host (to get LTS & a traditional desktop UI), > with 32 bit Windows XP in a virtualbox for occasional use with basic > business & legacy applications. > > I have seen various comments on chipsets (Q77, H77, Z77 in > particular), but am not a great deal the wiser as a result :) > Prefer mainsteam mobo manufacturer (Asus, Gigabyte, MSI etc) for > (usually better) firmware upgrade support. > > Many Thanks for any suggestions, > > Andrew > > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
